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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Come join well-known genealogy educators Lisa Alzo and Thomas MacEntee as they team up to offer a unique education event: Get YourGenealogy Groove Back Boot Camp! On Saturday, January 25, 2014, you’ll be able to learn how to tackle the nagging issues that can suck all the fun out of family history research.

Do you always start the year off setting genealogy goals but you never seem to follow through?

Are you overwhelmed with the amount of data involved with genealogy research – to the point of walking away?

While our focus will be on genealogy and family history projects, you may become so successful that you start using these techniques to manage areas of your work and life!

You’ll receive over 3 hours of educational content, handouts and freebies for the low price of $12.95! You’ll also receive access to the recorded versions of each webinar for up to one year!

Register by Monday, January 20, 2014 and receive $3 off the registration price for a low $9.95! Space is limited and if you register but can’t attend, you’ll still receive the handouts, the freebies and access to the recordings!

Space is limited and if you register but can’t attend, you’ll still receive the handouts, the freebies and access to the recordings!

Schedule

Saturday 25 January 2014
Duration: 3.5 hours (with a 30 minute break)

Note: If you attended the last Hack Genealogy Boot Camp in November, many participants asked for a later start time - we are starting one (1) hour later than last time.

11:00 am EST /10:00 am CSTWelcome / Meet & Greet

11:15 am EST / 10:15 am CSTGenealogy Goals: How to Set Them, How to Keep Them
Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A.

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Genealogy Goals: How to Set Them, How to Keep Them
Presented by: Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A.

Want to make 2014 your best genealogy year ever? Whether you desire to improve your research skills, find new cousins, break through a brick wall, or finally write that family history, this session will show you effective ways to set realistic and attainable goals, and offer tips and tricks to help you achieve them.*

It is so easy to let the large amounts of data involved with genealogy overwhelm you – to the point that family history research is no longer fun! Learn how to tackle the three main problem areas of genealogy data: research data, project data and file data so you can put the fun back in your research!

We’ll cover the basics of working “smarter” instead of “harder” when it comes to managing genealogy data. Topics include setting up genealogy projects and tracking them to completion, using a research log to track research, and how to better manage your genealogy data files.*

* Attendees will also receive free data management templates for genealogy projects and a genealogy research log.

Presenter Bios

Lisa Alzo

Lisa A. Alzo is a freelance writer, instructor, and lecturer with over 20 years’ experience in the field of genealogy. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Nonfiction Writing from the University of Pittsburgh, and is the author of nine books, including: Finding Your Slovak Ancestors, Writing Your Family History Book, and the award-winning Three Slovak Women. Lisa has written hundreds of articles and her work has appeared in Family Tree Magazine, Family Chronicle, Internet Genealogy, APG Quarterly, among others. An internationally recognized speaker, Lisa blogs as “The Accidental Genealogist” blog http://www.theaccidentalgenealogist.com. For more information see http://www.lisaalzo.com.

Thomas Mac Entee

When he’s not busy writing blog posts, organizing the 3,000+ members of GeneaBloggers.com, teaching online genealogy webinars and more, Thomas MacEntee is busy in his role as “genealogy ninja.” Stealth is not easy, but he manages to get the inside track on emerging technologies and vendors as they relate to the genealogy industry. After being laid off from a 25-year career in the tech industry in 2008, Thomas has been able to “repurpose” his skill set for the genealogy community and loves to see other genealogists succeed, whether it is with their own research or building their own careers in the field.

How To Register

Ready to join in this great educational event? Here are the details on the registration process:

Click the button above to go to PayPal and make payment or click here. You do not need a PayPal account to make payment.

Once payment is processed and received, you will receive a confirmation email. You will also receive links to register for each webinar. You must register for both webinars if you want to participate in both webinars.

Then you’ll be reminded via e-mail at least one day prior to Boot Camp.

Within 24 hours of the start of Boot Camp, you’ll receive the passwords for each webinar as well as links to all the handouts and freebies to you can review them before we start.

After the webinars, all registrants will have access to the recordings for personal use for a period of one (1) year. Recordings will be hosted on Vimeo and set to play only on a specific page here at Hack Genealogy. A password will be required to access the video pages.

Monday, December 30, 2013

Join us this Friday, January 3, for our first webinar of the year, "What's New in Legacy Family Tree 8?" presented by FamilyTreeWebinars.com host and Legacy developer, Geoff Rasmussen. You will get the insider's view of many of version 8's new features and will learn many new tips and tricks.

Join us for the live webinar Friday, January 3, 2014 at 2pm Eastern U.S. Register today to reserve your virtual seat. Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to join that day. Before joining, please visit www.java.com to ensure you have the latest version of Java which our webinar software requires. When you join, if you receive a message that the webinar is full, you know we've reached the 1,000 limit, so we invite you to view the recording which should be published to the webinar archives within an hour or two of the event's conclusion.

Download the brochure

In preparation for the webinar, download the "What's New in Legacy 8" brochure here.

No worries. Its recording will be available for free indefinitely. Webinar Subscribers have unlimited access to all webinar recordings for the duration of their membership.

About the presenter

Geoffrey D. Rasmussen is the father of four budding genealogists. He graduated with a degree in Genealogy and Family History from Brigham Young University and has served as director and vice-president of the Utah Genealogical Association. He is a dynamic genealogy speaker on all forms of genealogy technology, and as host of the Legacy Family Tree webinar series, has spoken virtually to nearly 100 different countries. He has authored books, videos, articles, and websites, and develops the Legacy Family Tree software program. On a personal note, Geoff enjoys playing the piano, organ, cello, basketball and bowling. His favorite places are cemeteries, the ocean, and hanging out with other genealogists. He met and proposed to his wife in a Family History Center.

With our Google Calendar button, you will never forget our upcoming webinars. Simply click the button to add it to your calendar. You can then optionally embed the webinar events (and even turn them on and off) into your own personal calendar. If you have already added the calendar, you do not have to do it again - the new webinar events will automatically appear.

Most of these webinars are held using the services of GoToWebinar.com. You don't need to have an account since the webinar organizer has that. As an attendee, you merely need to register, then click on the link in your confirmation email at the time of the event to attend. Newbies will find these links useful:

Most of these webinars are held using the services of GoToWebinar.com. You don't need to have an account since the webinar organizer has that. As an attendee, you merely need to register, then click on the link in your confirmation email at the time of the event to attend. Newbies will find these links useful:

Thursday, December 19, 2013

The
Southern California Genealogical Society is pleased to announce the
lineup for the 2014 Jamboree Extension Series of webinars.

Since
its inception in 2011, the SCGS Jamboree Extension Webinar Series has
offered an outstanding educational opportunity to genealogists and
family historians from around the globe. The 2014 series continues that
tradition.

Two sessions are held monthly. Webinars are
presented on the first Saturday and third Wednesday of each month.
Saturday presentations begin at 10:00 a.m.; Wednesday sessions begin at
6:00 p.m. All times are Pacific time. Typical sessions run 90 minutes,
60 minutes of instruction and 30 minutes of Q&amp;A.

The
initial webcast of the webinar is offered free to all participants. As a
benefit of membership in SCGS, archived webinars may be accessed 24/7
from the members-only section of the SCGS website. At the present time,
nearly 50 webinars are available for viewing. (Note: A webinar may be removed
after a year at a speaker's request.)

Handouts are
provided for each presentation at no charge. The handout is available
for download on the day of the webinar, and copies are available for
reference in the webinar archive.

We encourage our
audience members to invite their cousins, friends, and fellow society
members. Newsletter editors, societies, libraries and others are welcome
to publish the webinar schedule. A marketing handout is available for download.

We
are grateful for the participation of Citrix, our webinar sponsor. The
webinars are funded through donations and memberships purchased by our
audience members. As long as the webinar program remains
self-sustaining, SCGS will continue to offer it as part of its mission
to provide ongoing education for members and non-members alike.

The list of 2014 webinars follows. For session descriptions and speaker biographies, see the SCGS website. Click on the link to register with GoToWebinar.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The recording of our final webinar of 2013, "Overcoming Lost Records Using Technology" by Karen Clifford, is now online to view for free for a limited time. A few comments from our viewers:

It's incredible that one person has so much knowledge and then can teach it in such an organized, understandable way.

Great tips not only on lost records but on breaking through brickwalls.

Karen Clifford always gives a wonderful lecture. She is so organized and everything is so easy to understand. This was a huge subject to cover and she did it very well. Thank you.

View the Recording at FamilyTreeWebinars.com

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 41 minute recording of "Overcoming Lost Records Using Technology" is now available to view in our webinar archives for free. It is also available to our monthly or annual Webinar Members for the duration of your membership. Visit www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com to watch. The 5 pages of handouts are also available for annual/monthly webinar subscribers.

Monday, December 16, 2013

Join us this Wednesday, December 18, for a free genealogy webinar presented by Karen Clifford, "Overcoming Lost Records Using Technology." Karen will demonstrate technological and genealogical techniques for finding, sorting, and grasping critical data elements from complex collections of information when essential primary sources have been destroyed or are missing.

Join us for the live webinar Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 2pm Eastern U.S. Register today to reserve your virtual seat. Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to join that day. Before joining, please visit www.java.com to ensure you have the latest version of Java which our webinar software requires. When you join, if you receive a message that the webinar is full, you know we've reached the 1,000 limit, so we invite you to view the recording which should be published to the webinar archives within an hour or two of the event's conclusion.

No worries. Its recording will be available for free for the first 7 days after the live event. Webinar Subscribers have unlimited access for the duration of their membership.

About the presenter

Karen Clifford develops and teaches multiple online genealogy courses at colleges in California and Utah. She is an Accredited Genealogist® Professional and a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association. She has been President/CEO of Genealogy Research Associates, Incorporated since 1997. Her years of professional research work lead to authoring college textbooks and do-it-yourself guidebooks covering both traditional and electronic genealogy research including several books: Becoming an Accredited Genealogist, The Complete Beginners Guide to Genealogy, the Internet, and Your Genealogy Computer Program (updated 2011), and Digging Deeper: Using Essential Pre-1850 Records (2011). She was the founding President of the Monterey County Genealogy Society, a Director of the Monterey California Family History Center, President of the Utah Genealogical Association, a Vice President of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, and a Vice Chair of the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogist (ICAPGen) where she continues to oversee Test Development and Test Quality Control.

With our Google Calendar button, you will never forget our upcoming webinars. Simply click the button to add it to your calendar. You can then optionally embed the webinar events (and even turn them on and off) into your own personal calendar. If you have already added the calendar, you do not have to do it again - the new webinar events will automatically appear.

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Using online family trees can help you with your genealogy research if you approach it in an effective manner. On December 10, Jeanne Larzalere Bloom will show us how in her presentation Miracles, Mysteries & Mayhem: Online Family Trees. Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 8:00 pm Central Description: We want to build on the research of others but those online family trees often contain miracles, mysteries and mayhem. Does the tree need to be pruned? Learn effective techniques to determine if branches on a tree are diseased or if they are healthy.

Presenter: Jeanne Larzalere BloomJeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG is a full-time professional researcher specializing in Chicagoand Cook County research, problem solving, and multi-generational family histories. She conducts research projects for government agencies, attorneys, authors, newspapers, heir-search firms, professional genealogists, family researchers. Jeanne writes articles for scholarly journals and society publications and is a frequent lecturer at conferences, workshops, and institutes. Jeanne researched the ancestry of actor-comedian Jason Sudeikis, for the television series, Who Do You Think You Are?, and appeared in that episode that first aired in May 2012. In April 2012 she was interviewed by National Public Radio about the release of the 1940 U.S. census. She is a trustee and treasurer of the Board for Certification of Genealogists.Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8253902195291921152Recording and Handout Available to ISGS Members: For ISGS members who cannot attend the live webinar on December 10, a recording of the webinar, along with the handout, will be made available in the Members Section of the ISGS website at http://ilgensoc.org/members.php. If you're not already a member of ISGS, visit Join ISGS at http://ilgensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=8 for more information.

Spread the Word: Forward this email onto your friends and
colleagues, post the information to social media sites and/or your
blog/website, or print out a few copies of our webinar flyer to hand out at
your local society meetings. The flyer
can be accessed at http://bit.ly/isgs2014webinars.

Make a Contribution: Support the ISGS Webinar program by making a
financial contribution, which will help ISGS expand its educational offerings
in a virtual manner. To learn why we
need your help, or to make a contribution, please visit http://ilgensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=345

Most of these webinars are held using the services of GoToWebinar.com. You don't need to have an account since the webinar organizer has that. As an attendee, you merely need to register, then click on the link in your confirmation email at the time of the event to attend. Newbies will find these links useful:

Friday, December 6, 2013

The recording of today's relaxing, entertaining, and educational webinar by the Flip-Pal mobile scanner team, "Home for the Holidays - Tips for Collecting Family History" is now online to view for free for a limited time. It provided fun gift ideas plus some additional tips for using the Flip-Pal mobile scanner. A few comments from our viewers:

EXCELLENT. Even held my husband's interest.

Fun ideas to use with my Flip-pal! Thanks for the extra tips. Looking forward to the resource tomorrow.

Very well presented, organized and helpful. Some great ideas I wouldn't have thought of for gifts and ways to use the flip-pal scanner. Well worth the time spent to attend.

View the Recording at FamilyTreeWebinars.com

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 18 minute recording of "Home for the Holidays - Tips for Collecting Family History" is now available to view in our webinar archives for free. It is also available to our monthly or annual Webinar Members for the duration of your membership. Visit www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com to watch. The 4 pages of handouts will be available on the site tomorrow.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

The recording of today's webinar by Barbara Renick, "How Computers & Gadgets are Changing Genealogy" is now online to view for free for a limited time. It was a fun trip down computer memory lane. A few comments from our viewers:

I always learn new things in these webinars. This was a journey down memory lane as I have been using computers since 1981. I'm fascinated with all that we can do now in the digital age. I went to college before there were photocopy machines! All notes had to be handwritten. Now I learn that the schools aren't teaching cursive writing anymore...we better transcribe as many early records as we can or our descendents won't be able to read them.

It was an interesting review of how much this great endeavor has changed over time. ZRoots.com will no doubt tie up the rest of my afternoon!

Really appreciate seeing how had to do genealogy before the gadgets made it easier. Those ones where pioneers. I've only been doing this a few years.

View the Recording at FamilyTreeWebinars.com

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 29 minute recording of "How Computers & Gadgets are Changing Genealogy" is now available to view in our webinar archives for free through December 12, 2013. It is also available to our monthly or annual Webinar Members for the duration of your membership. Visit www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com to watch. The 4 pages of handouts are also available for annual/monthly webinar subscribers.

The Society for One-Place Studies has developed a community over at Google Plus (for members and non-members) to bring together family and local historians who want to learn more about one-place studies or want to meet up with others who are actively working on their one-place studies.

Joining the community will provide you with a further opportunity to share ideas, learn more about how a one-place study might progress and find out more about the Society.

Why not join the community and come along to our next Google+ hangout on air scheduled for Monday (9th December) at 3.30pm GMT?

Monday, December 2, 2013

Join us this Wednesday AND Friday for two exciting genealogy webinars presented by Barbara Renick, Gordon Nuttall, and Lisa Milner. On Wednesday, Barbara will present "How Computers and Gadgets are Changing Genealogy" and on Friday Gordon and Lisa will present "Home for the Holidays - Tips for Collecting Family History."

Things have changed radically in the genealogy community since the typewriter era. Some problems have been overcome, others have worsened. Meanwhile prognosticators predict technology users face three C’s in the future: greater Convergence, Convenience, and Connectivity which are already impacting how we do genealogy today and have even greater consequences for the future.

Friday - Home for the Holidays - Tips for Collecting Family History by Gordon Nuttall and Lisa Milner

Get the family photos out of shoe boxes or from the back of the closet…it is a perfect time for grandparents to get the next generation involved. Start your children or grandchildren on a lifelong journey by telling your story and introducing them to family history. And don't forget you can easily add Aunt Betty’s recipes to the family cookbook. Students love these when they go off to college and they also make great wedding gifts. You will learn how to recognize and capture those great pieces from family history.

Webinar Reminder: Join us for the live webinars Wednesday, December 4, 2013 and Friday, December 6, 2013 at 2pm Eastern U.S. Register today to reserve your virtual seat. Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to join that day. Before joining, please visit www.java.com to ensure you have the latest version of Java which our webinar software requires. When you join, if you receive a message that the webinar is full, you know we've reached the 1,000 limit, so we invite you to view the recording which should be published to the webinar archives within an hour or two of the event's conclusion.

No worries. Its recording will be available for free for the first 7 days after the live event. Webinar Subscribers have unlimited access for the duration of their membership.

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